35 h. ago DeepSeek unveils AI model that uses visual perception to compress text input

DeepSeek on Monday released a new multimodal artificial intelligence model that can handle large and complex documents with significantly fewer tokens – the smallest unit of text that a model processes – by using visual perception as a compression medium for information. The open-source DeepSeek-OCR (optical character recognition) model, available via online developer platforms Hugging Face and GitHub, was the result of an “investigation into the role of vision encoders” to compress text for...

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3 w. ago China’s DeepSeek Unveils New AI Model That Could Halve Usage Cost

China’s DeepSeek Unveils New AI Model That Could Halve Usage Cost  The Wall Street Journal

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3 w. ago China’s DeepSeek unveils experimental version of its AI foundation model

Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has launched an “experimental” version of its V3 foundation model ahead of the country’s National Day holiday, as the Hangzhou-based company accelerates its product releases. On Monday, DeepSeek released V3.2-Exp and open-sourced it on developer platforms Hugging Face and Alibaba Group Holding-backed ModelScope. According to DeepSeek, this model enhanced training and inference efficiency while reducing application-programming-interface costs by...

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3 w. ago How Huawei and DeepSeek are helping China break reliance on US chips

When Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek unveiled an updated foundational model late in August, investors in Nvidia were stunned. Shares of the US chip giant slid, as market watchers grappled with news that the two-year-old start-up, which has developed models rivalling the world’s best, was shifting towards supporting domestically produced chips. Adding to their concerns, DeepSeek was not alone in its endeavour to empower China’s AI ambitions without relying on US technology. Last...

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3 w. ago How Huawei and DeepSeek are tending the garden of China’s AI aspirations

When Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek unveiled an updated foundational model late in August, investors in Nvidia were stunned. Shares of the US chip giant slid, as market watchers grappled with news that the two-year-old start-up, which has developed models rivalling the world’s best, was shifting towards supporting domestically produced chips. Adding to their concerns, DeepSeek was not alone in its endeavour to empower China’s AI ambitions without relying on US technology. Last...

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4 w. ago DeepSeek unveils updated model in advancement towards AI agents

Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has launched an update to its foundation model, V3, improving its agentic capabilities and addressing bugs based on user feedback, as the company sharpens its focus on AI agents. Released on Monday, DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus comes just two months after the previous version, V3.1, which was recognised by leading AI benchmark firm Artificial Analysis as the start-up’s most advanced model to date. DeepSeek described V3.1 as the company’s “first step...

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